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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 28, 2025Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 28, 2025, 2:52 AM EDT for Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 28, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2025, 2:52 AM EDT (06:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 28, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 28, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

County Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2025-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2025-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

448 
WHUS43 KAPX 280652
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
252 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

MIZ031-281500-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0009.250828T1200Z-250829T0000Z/
Manistee-
252 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  waves of 4 to 6 feet and rip currents.

* WHERE...Manistee County.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water
  and high waves can sweep people off piers.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
821 
WHUS43 KAPX 281358
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
958 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

MIZ031-290000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250829T0000Z/
Manistee-
958 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  waves of 4 to 6 feet and rip currents.

* WHERE...Manistee County.

* WHEN...Through 8 pm this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water 
  and high waves can sweep people off piers.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
333 
WHUS43 KAPX 281815
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
215 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

MIZ031-290000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250829T0000Z/
Manistee-
215 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high
  waves of 3 to 5 feet and rip currents.

* WHERE...Manistee County.

* WHEN...Through 8 pm this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water 
  and high waves can sweep people off piers.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 11:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX39 min
Aug 27, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAntrim36 min
Aug 28, 12:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXGrand Traverse28 min
Aug 28, 12:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX63 min
Aug 28, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAntrim, Grand Traverse45 min
Aug 28, 2:51 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX22 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.